Kennel Club Statement Regarding the World Dog Show 2019

26 June 2015 00:00

The Kennel Club fully condemns the sale and consumption of dog
meat and the Yulin Dog Meat Festival, held in China. The trade has
long been associated with a large number of animal welfare
violations, which include neglect towards the animals' physical and
mental needs, as they often live and are transported in crowded
conditions without sufficient water or food. In addition,
slaughtering methods are brutal with no regard to the welfare of
the animal and the suffering caused. As such we have long
lobbied for a ban on the sale of dogs for consumption as part of
our extensive political work.

We are aware that the World Dog Show, organised by the FCI, is
being held in China in 2019 and the Kennel Club will not be
attending the show with its roadshow stand.

The consumption of dog meat has long been a cultural phenomenon
in certain countries, and one way of helping to reduce trade in dog
meat is to promote dogs as companion animals to be loved and cared
for. The huge increase in interest in dog showing in China
will result in more people seeing them as pets first and foremost
and the Kennel Club hopes that the show, attended by dog lovers,
will help people to see dogs as creatures that can provide their
owners with unconditional love and companionship.

As part of the Kennel Club's campaign against the dog meat
trade, we contacted three of the major Kennel Clubs in China a few
years ago to seek assurance that they were taking an active role in
lobbying their own government against the trade, to protect the
welfare of China's dogs. Each of them confirmed that they
were carrying out work in this area and promoting dogs as pets and
companions and actively trying to have the trade outlawed.

The Kennel Club continues to lobby the UK Government, raising
awareness of the issue with the European Commission and Parliament
and works with other welfare organisations to apply pressure on
foreign countries to end their dog and cat meat trade or to better
enforce the bans currently in place.

Get involved:

Write a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Her
Excellency Madam Fu Ying, Ambassador of the People's Republic of
China to the UK, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL asking her to
help end animal suffering in China by contacting the Chinese
Government and urging them to introduce animal welfare legislation
to outlaw the eating of dogs and cats.

Write to your local MP to raise dog and cat related welfare
issues to the Government.

Contact the Kennel Club for further information: call 0207 518
1020 or Get
Involved.

- See more at:
/our-resources/kennel-club-campaigns/dog-meat/dog-and-cat-meat-consumption-kennel-club-briefing/#sthash.5VQtrKwz.dpuf﻿

Get involved:

Write a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Her
Excellency Madam Fu Ying, Ambassador of the People's Republic of
China to the UK, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL asking her to
help end animal suffering in China by contacting the Chinese
Government and urging them to introduce animal welfare legislation
to outlaw the eating of dogs and cats.

Write to your local MP to raise dog and cat related welfare
issues to the Government.

Contact the Kennel Club for further information: call 0207 518
1020 or Get
Involved.

- See more at:
/our-resources/kennel-club-campaigns/dog-meat/dog-and-cat-meat-consumption-kennel-club-briefing/#sthash.5VQtrKwz.dpuf﻿

Get involved:

You can find out more about our campaign to end the dog meat
trade here.

Write a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK, His
Excellency Liu Xiaoming﻿, Ambassador of the People's Republic of
China to the UK, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL asking him to
help end animal suffering in China by contacting the Chinese
Government and urging them to introduce animal welfare legislation
to outlaw the eating of dogs.

Write to your local MP to raise dog related welfare issues to
the Government.

Contact the Kennel Club for further information: call 0207 518
1020 or Get
Involved.

Get involved:

Write a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Her
Excellency Madam Fu Ying, Ambassador of the People's Republic of
China to the UK, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL asking her to
help end animal suffering in China by contacting the Chinese
Government and urging them to introduce animal welfare legislation
to outlaw the eating of dogs and cats.

Write to your local MP to raise dog and cat related welfare
issues to the Government.

Contact the Kennel Club for further information: call 0207 518
1020 or Get
Involved.

- See more at:
/our-resources/kennel-club-campaigns/dog-meat/dog-and-cat-meat-consumption-kennel-club-briefing/#sthash.5VQtrKwz.dpuf﻿

Get involved:

Write a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Her
Excellency Madam Fu Ying, Ambassador of the People's Republic of
China to the UK, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL asking her to
help end animal suffering in China by contacting the Chinese
Government and urging them to introduce animal welfare legislation
to outlaw the eating of dogs and cats.

Write to your local MP to raise dog and cat related welfare
issues to the Government.

Contact the Kennel Club for further information: call 0207 518
1020 or Get
Involved.

- See more at:
/our-resources/kennel-club-campaigns/dog-meat/dog-and-cat-meat-consumption-kennel-club-briefing/#sthash.5VQtrKwz.dpuf﻿

Get involved:

Write a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK, Her
Excellency Madam Fu Ying, Ambassador of the People's Republic of
China to the UK, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL asking her to
help end animal suffering in China by contacting the Chinese
Government and urging them to introduce animal welfare legislation
to outlaw the eating of dogs and cats.

Write to your local MP to raise dog and cat related welfare
issues to the Government.

Contact the Kennel Club for further information: call 0207 518
1020 or Get
Involved.